Chapter 99
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“F’ll talk to her he mediated. He didn’t have the energy by his mother’s badles tonight. He kissed Cadotta, but the gesture fair hollow. “Goodnight, Lettie”
She hesitated for a moment, wing kis tension, be the gave him a tight paule before leaving. As soon as she was gone, Luca grabbed his car Verys, sitting here, waiting, www’t an option anymore, the gik om Ticking haber out grawed at kim like a living thing, and his mind raced with fear for her safety, She wwwrt from here, she don’t know the city well enough to navigate it alone at night.
11e drove aimlessly at first, circling the neyphothond, hoping to spot her on the quiet streets. Every minute that passed without finding ber only tightened the knot in his chest. He stopped at two smaller tasks, asking if a certain redhead had checked in. The answer was the same.
with each rejection, Luca’s fear deepened. He gripped the steering wheel stil his knuckles turned white, his mind spinning. Rome wasn’t safe for a woman on her own at this hour. Anything could happen. And Amber the had been through enough already.
As he drove through the city, a memory flashed in his mind–a beachwear Commercial billboard catching his eye. He remembered something Amber had once told him in passing, how she loved the beach. She had confided that as a child, she’d only gone to the beach a couple of times. iter mother had been too busy, and her stepfather… well, their relationship hadn’t been good. The beach had been her refuge, her place of
Santa Severu
Luca stammed his foot down on the gas, the memory of finding her at that little caté on Santa Severa beach after their arguments Booding back. Every time they fought, especially when his mother had been particularly harsh, Amber would disappear. Luce had dragged her home more times than he could count, their fights inevitably leading to apologies and desperate, make–up sex. He hadn’t been to that place in three yeats, hadn’t set foot on that beach since she left.
Now, his heart raced as he drove toward the roastline, fear and hope mingling in his chest.
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Fifteen minutes later, Laura’s rar pulled up to the familiar stretch of sand, the beach was dark, the sky above glittering with stars. He kicked off his shows, the root sand squishing beneath his toes as he walked, the memories of their past hitting him hard. This place was a graveyard of moments from another life–moments both beautiful and painful, moments that felt as though they belonged to someone else now.
And then he saw her.
A small silhouette, hunched over, sitting alone by the shoreline. Amber looked tiny, her arms wrapped around her knees, her body curled in on itself like she was trying to make herself disappear. She was staring at the sky, unmoving, and the sight of her like that–so still, so silent- made Luca’s stomach twist.
“Dio mio,” he muttered under his breath, anger and relief crashing through him in equal measure. “You can’t be this stupid! No one can be this damned stupid!” He shouted into the wind, startling her. Amber’s head jerked toward him, but she didn’t move. She just stared at him, her face blank, like she didn’t quite understand what was happening.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
